Improvement in lanterns



T. LANGSTON.

Lanterns..v

No.l48,964. Paxenredmarch 24,1874. jy!

THOMAS LANGSTON, OF MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO EDWARD MILLER 85COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVMENT IN LNTERNS.

Specification forming part of Letters Pate-nt No. 148,964, dated March24, 1874 application tiled January 28, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS LANGS-TON, of Meriden, in the county of NewHaven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement inLanterns, and I do hereby declare the following, when taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings and the letters of referencemarked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, andrepresent, in-

Figure l, a side view; Fig. 2, a vertical central section on line x fr;Fig. 3, the saine in a inodied form; and in Figs. 4, 5, and 6, the partsdetached.

This invention relates to an improvement in the manner of securing theguard upon 1anterns, the object being to easily remove the globe, andyet hold the guard rinly in its position; and it consistsv inconstructing the guard with a band to sit between the globe and cap, orbetween the globe and base, combined with a loop, extending from the'base over the cap,provided with a device for clamping the cap, globe,base, and guard together in their proper relative position.

A is the base; B, the globe; C, the cap, of the usual form andarrangement. The guard (shown detached in Fig. 4) is made from severalhoops, a b c, secured together by vertical rods or supports d, thediameter of the upper hoop o corresponding to the diameter of the globeabove the bead f, the other hoops larger than the globe, so that whenthe guard is set over the globe, as seen in Fig. 2, the upper hoop willrest upon the bead f, and the cap C will rest upon the hoop c. 'Io thebase a loop, D, is hung, and extends up over the cap, so that when theglobe, cap, and guard are in place the loop may be turned up over thecap, and a screw, h, or other device, in connection with the said loop,will bear upon the cap, as seen inr Figs. l and 2, to press and hold theparts together. This secures the guard firmly in place, but allows itseasyA removal by simply turning the loop to one side, as seen in Fig. 6.

Instead of the securing-hoop o being set upon the upper end of theglobe, it may be constructed to sit between the base and globe in likemanner, and as shown in Fig. 3.

I claim as my invention- In combination with the base, globe, and cap ofa lantern, the guard consisting' of several hoops, a b c, and verticalrods d, one of the extremes of said hoops corresponding to the externaldiameter ofthe upper or lower end of the globe, and clamped between theglobe and base or cap, as the case may be, and the other extreme hoopbeing free, all substantially as described.

THOMAS LANGSTON.

Witnesses:

JOHN Ivns, FRED. PnAsn.

